 | William Newton - 1862 - 420 síður
...when burned they give rise to heat, and hence to mechanical energy. "Whence is this power derived f You see this oxide of iron, produced by the falling...union, resemble our lead weight while resting on the earth ; but I can wind up the weight and prepare it for another fall ; and so these atoms can be wound... | |
 | Royal Institution of Great Britain - 1862 - 574 síður
...energy. Whence is this power derived? You see this oxide of iron, produced by the falling togertier of the atoms of iron and oxygen ; here also is a transparent...union resemble our lead weight while resting on the earth ; but I can wind up the weight and prepare it for another fall, and so these atoms can be wound... | |
 | 1862 - 510 síður
...give rise to heat, and hence to mechanical energy. "Whence is this power derived ? You see this oxyd of iron, produced by the falling together of the atoms...also is a transparent gas which you cannot now see — earbonic acid gas — -which is formed by the falling together of carbon and oxygen. These atoms... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 500 síður
...first lifted to the elevation from which it springs by the mighty power of the sun. The energy of the winds is also due entirely to the sun ; but there...union resemble our lead weight while resting on the earth ; but I can wind up the weight and prepare it for another fall, and so these atoms can be wound... | |
 | 1863 - 630 síður
...without having been first lifted to the elevation from which it springs by the mighty power of the snn. The energy of .winds is also due entirely to the sun...transparent gas which you cannot now see — carbonic acid £as — which is formed by the falling together of carbon and oxygen. These atoms thus in close union... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1863 - 538 síður
...another work which he performs, and his connection with which is not so obPOWER OF THE SUN. 443 vious. Trees and vegetables grow upon the earth, and when...union resemble our lead weight while resting on the earth ; but I can wind up the weight and prepare it for another fall, and so these atoms can be wound... | |
 | 1864 - 382 síður
...the solidified liquid and permits it to roll by gravity to the sea. The mechanical force of everj- river in the world, as it rolls toward the ocean,...here also is a transparent gas which you cannot now sec,— car"bonic acid gas, — which is formed by the falling together of carbon and oxygen. These... | |
 | 1865 - 372 síður
...solidified liquid and permits it to roll by gravity to the sea. The mechanical force of every river in tli3 world, as it rolls toward the ocean, is drawn from...which is formed by .the falling together of carbon an;l oxy'ucm. These atoms thus in close union resemble our lead weight while resting on the earth ;... | |
 | 1865 - 372 síður
...which it springs by the mighty power of the sun. The energy of winds is also due entirely to the sua ; but there is still another work which he performs,...transparent gas which you cannot now see, — carbonic a'-'id gas, — which is formed by the falling together of carbon an:l oxygen. These atoms thus in... | |
 | John Tyndall - 1866 - 492 síður
...first lifted to the elevation from which it springs by the mighty power of the sun. The energy of the winds is also due entirely to the sun ; but there...see — carbonic acid gas — which is formed by the felling together of carbon and oxygen. These atoms thus in close union resemble our lead weight while... | |
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The mechanical force of every river in the world as it rolls towards the ocean, is drawn from the heat of the sun. No streamlet glides to a lower level without having been first lifted to the elevation from which it springs by the mighty power of the... 
